Lesson Plan

Knights & Castles Lesson Plan: Bigs Edition

Sort the feudal pyramid, read Magna Carta, and run a catapult lab with real data.

This is the Bigs Edition of Knights & Castles: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades 7-8. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: How did land, law and engineering shape power in medieval Europe?

The Week

• Mon: The Feudal Pyramid (Reading) • Tue: Magna Carta, 1215 (Writing & Words) • Wed: Catapult Launch Lab (Science & Math) • Thu: Motte-and-Bailey Model (Hands-on Project) • Fri: Medieval Expo (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of Knights & Castles has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade 7-8 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Bigs (grades 7-8), about 90 to 120 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: Catapult Launch Angle Lab
• Sequence cards (The Road to Magna Carta) and a cut-and-sort page (The Feudal Pyramid)
• Writing page: Magna Carta: Failure or Turning Point?
• Hands-on project: Motte-and-Bailey Model
• Word search, crossword, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 5 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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